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50 Dinars 1st Oil Shipment
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kuwait |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 50 Dinars |
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| Reverse description | Within a raised inner circle, the reverse presents a detailed depiction of an oil production facility, featuring a prominent central oil derrick (drilling rig) flanked to the left by tall industrial refinery structures and to the right by a group of cylindrical oil storage tanks. The composition conveys the industrial character of Kuwait's petroleum industry. The upper border carries a bilingual legend in Latin and Arabic script reading 'State of Kuwait' and 'دولة الكويت', while the lower border bears the Latin inscription '50th Anniversary of Exporting 1st Oil Shipment' arcing around the periphery. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Kuwait resumed oil exports in late 1991 after Iraqi forces, retreating from the seven-month occupation, set fire to over 600 Kuwaiti oil wells — an act of deliberate sabotage that took nearly nine months and international firefighting crews to extinguish. This coin commemorates the first post-liberation oil shipment, a moment that carried obvious economic urgency for a country whose entire reconstruction depended on restoring petroleum revenue. The five-year gap between that event and this 1996 striking reflects the extended timeline of Kuwait's infrastructure recovery rather than any ceremonial delay.